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Heleen Van Grootven
Testing Engineer
They/them - she/her
After a decade in communications, I switched to testing—turns out that I really like figuring out how things work and how they fit together. Always open to learning more and meeting new people!
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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What happened to charters and templates that guide us?
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
awarded Richard Adams for:
Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
awarded Melissa Fisher for:
Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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This Week in Quality
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This Week in Quality
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Recently my team has taken on the arduous task of migrating one of our oldest applciations from weblogic to containers. A task that is proving more difficult then expected. With tickets stuck for s...
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Stop with cleaning code, first make it work!
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
Stop with cleaning code, first make it work!
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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This Week in Quality
registered for:
Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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"I read this and immediately pitched it for our upcoming teambuilding!"
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Testing meets fun: How we accidentally created the best testing icebreaker using sticky notes and a whiteboard
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Testing meets fun: How we accidentally created the best testing icebreaker using sticky notes and a whiteboard
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Dynamically connect cross-functional team roles, build trust, lower stress and naturally reinforce software testing terminology.
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Testing meets fun: How we accidentally created the best testing icebreaker using sticky notes and a whiteboard
awarded Christine Pinto for:
Testing meets fun: How we accidentally created the best testing icebreaker using sticky notes and a whiteboard
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Quality narratives and the circles of consequence - Ep 121
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Quality moments and delicate developer dialogues - Ep 127
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SQEC ready. Pair ready. Glossary ready - Ep 130
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SQEC ready. Pair ready. Glossary ready - Ep 130
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SQEC ready. Pair ready. Glossary ready - Ep 130
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
awarded Ibekwe Victor for:
Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
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Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
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Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
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Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
awarded Melissa Fisher for:
Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
awarded Ady Stokes for:
Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
awarded Simon Tomes for:
Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
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Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
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This Week in Quality
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
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"I'm glad me and my sticky notes were of help to you! It used to bother me, but I've learned that having a clean desk and a functional work environment are mutually exclusive for me, so I've gone all in on the functional work environment (and life envir..."
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
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Spent some time listening to the Call for Insights with Simon Tomes and Heleen Van Grootven. She talked about "Finding joy in your role" and how embracing her ADHD made her job more enjoyable. I ga...
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
awarded Judy Mosley for:
Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
awarded Simon Tomes for:
Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
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Spent some time listening to the Call for Insights with Simon Tomes and Heleen Van Grootven. She talked about "Finding joy in your role" and how embracing her ADHD made her job more enjoyable. I ga...
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Finding joy in your role
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